- Zasanie Synagogue
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location=Plac Unii Brzeskiej 6flagicon|PolandPrzemyśl ,Poland
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religious_affiliation=Judaism
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groundbreaking =1892
year_completed=1909. Ceased functioning 1939.
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materials=Zasanie Synagogue, ( _pl. Synagoga Zasańska), located in
Przemyśl ,Poland , was the only synagogue in Przemyśl built on the western bank of theSan River . It served as a house of prayer for 30 years until theSecond World War . Today it is one of the two remaining synagogue buildings in Przemyśl.History
The synagogue was built by the "Society for the Israelite House of Worship in Zasanie",
Zasanie being the district of Przemyśl located on the western bank of theSan River . Construction was started in 1892 and it was finally opened in 1909. [cite web
url= http://www.diapozytyw.pl/en/site/slady_i_judaica/przemysl
title= Traces of the past: Przemysl
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publisher= "Adam Mickiewicz Institute"]In 1939 when the area fell under
Nazi occupation it was turned into a temporarypower station . After the war the building was used as a garage, first forbus es and then forambulance s.In 1994 attempts were made to purchase the building and convert it into an
art gallery and center for the artists of Przemyśl. The building would be named after a famous Przemyśl Jewish artist and include a permanent exhibit commemorating the contributions of the Jews of Przemyśl, their history and display photographs and accounts of theHolocaust . [See [http://www.remembrance-reconciliation.org/projects.htm#Future%20Projects Remembrance and Reconciliation – Future projects] ] However in 2005 it was bought by private local businessman Robert Błażkowski. [cite web
url= http://www.zycie.pl/index.php?go=tresc&id=05_30_13
title= Synagoga sprzedana (Synagogue sold)
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date=27 July 2005
publisher= " Życie Podkarpackie" pl icon] Currently the building remaines wrecked, closed and abandoned.ee also
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Old Synagogue (Przemyśl) References
External links
Photographs
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Przemysl/photos/zasaniesyn.shtml#1 Zasanie synagogue in Przemysl, 1999]
* [http://www.remembrance-reconciliation.org/Przemysl1006/photos/photo115.html Former Zasanie Synagogue, 2006]
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